Oakwood Park Equestrian
Boutique Equestrian Centre in the Adelaide Hills
ABOUT OAKWOOD PARK
Oakwood Park was built in the 1960’s, and the property now runs as a small equestrian centre with the original indoor riding arena, as well as offering our barn conversion cottage as quaint bed and breakfast accommodation.
The Starr family took over Oakwood Park in 2004, and in the years since have focused on regenerating the land for better grass cover and nourishment. A renovation of the property’s cottage, originally a small dairy, has created a fantastic B&B with stunning views across the Onkaparinga valley.
The Starr family currently reside at Oakwood Park in a new house on the hill, where they have a passion for providing holistic care for the horses and land around them.
Agistment
Oakwood Park offers both short and long term agistment options. Facilities include stables, yards, electrified paddocks with shelters, and indoor & outdoor arenas.
Indoor Arena Hire
Oakwood Park's indoor arena is available for hire on a casual basis for riders, and also for clinics and workshops or for trainers and professionals.
Bed and Breakfast
Oakwood Park Cottage is a wonderful B&B set up in a converted barn, sleeping up to 6 people with luxurious views over the Onkaparinga Valley.
OUR EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES
Indoor Arena
Fully covered 20x40m indoor arena with lights, mirrors, sprinkler system and sound system with a viewing platform.
Outdoor Arena
Grassed 20x40m outdoor arena set up for jumping.
Stables
12x12' and 12x16' stables as well as a hot water wash bay with overhead heating, washing machine, bathroom, and kitchen facilities. Tack and feed storage also available.
Paddocks & Shelters
Electrified day paddocks with auto waterers, shelter sheds, and typically with grass cover in Spring and Autumn.
WHO WE ARE
Anthea
Gavin
Danielle
TESTIMONIALS
See what people have to say about our Equestrian Centre and Oakwood Park Cottage.
Oakwood Park Equestrian
Fabulous facilities and great people. Highly recommend!
-Karen N.
Oakwood Park Cottage
Loved it. Beautiful cottage with amazing view. Great local produce supplied. Most definitely be coming back. Thank you.
– Sarah H
Beautiful cottage. Very relaxing and it had everything! We are already planning on our next stay!!– Sheridan A.
The only thing this time was it just wasn’t long enough. It was such a cosy cottage we didn’t want to leave. Thankyou so much
REGENERATIVE FARMING PRACTICES
For many years the Starrs have been implementing and testing regenerative agriculture practices to improve the land. A large inspiration for this is Peter Andrew’s ‘Natural Sequence Farming‘ which has featured in two ABC Australian Series episodes.
Natural Sequence Farming
While Peter Andrew's methods typically use lots of earthworks to repair the flow of water, at Oakwood Park we built up instead, creating swales out of ruined hay bales and compost and planting trees into them. This prevents water from quickly rushing over the top of the soil, contributing to erosion, and instead encourages water to soak into the soil where it can be used by plants and refill aquifers.
Low chemical use
As part of the natural decomposition cycle, we pride ourselves on having dung beetles to help get rid of horses manure. This fertilises the ground, and saves us some hard work!
Unfortunately there are many agricultural chemicals that can kill off dung beetles, so for this reason and others we commit to low chemical use and in particular not using ivermectin wormers on our horses.
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Join our South Australian Regenerative Agriculture facebook group to learn more about what it is and how you can do it yourself. We love seeing other people's ideas and sharing our own progress.
pricing
Agistment
Long term agistment available for $60/week, and short term stays available from $10/day.*
Additional Extras:
- $30pw - Weekly feeding & rugging
- $5 - Ad hoc occasional feeding and rugging
- $30pw - Bringing horses into and out of stables
- $5pw - Lights in indoor arena
- $20pw - Sawdust stable bedding
Arena Hire
Available for $30/hour per horse, or $250per day for clinics and workshops.*
Options:
- Up to two horses in the arena at a time
- Pay online or cash on the day
- Unlimited rides with our Season Pass
- Free use of the hot water wash bay
- Dog training & other clubs welcome!
*All prices subject to change
Our latest Posts
Read our blogs below to read about our regenerative agriculture story.
Location
118 Shillabeer Rd,
Oakbank, SA
Contact Us
hello@oakwoodpark.com
0447545870
Book Indoor Arena
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